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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here to add, my kid is in 2nd grade and we are concerned this is going to affect AAP admissions.[/quote]

Your kid is 7. OMG let them  just be a kid and stop adding to stress by worrying about this.[/quote]

Some of us want to make sure our gifted children are in the right environment, remote learning is going to end at some point.[/quote]

If they are truly gifted (only about 1% of the world is) then it will show no matter what.

If you’re trying to prep them to get into AAP, then they may get in and they may not.

I taught AAP and I think the whole thing is ridiculous. Not every school district segregated kids in elementary school like that! But I can say that many of the kids did intense classes all weekend because their parents wanted them ahead, very few seemed naturally gifted, and others didn’t seem to be able to handle the standards. I had some kids who had distracting behaviors and I had to sit next to them to get them to do anything and the moment I left to help the other many kids they would stop doing any school work. They really struggled even after whole class lessons and me reteaching to them.

The whole AAP thing is strange and that’s why most elementary schools don’t do anything like it. I’m assuming that parents in the area are just so intense and like having their kids do classes to get ahead, so maybe that’s why they bother to do it. I have no clue. But I can tell you most of the kids weren’t gifted. FCPS likes to overuse that word. About 1% of the population is and not because mommy and daddy prepped them for COGAT starting in kindergarten and makes them do more school all weekend...[/quote]

I'm glad you don't teach AAP anymore.[/quote]

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